Nigeria’s Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Toby Okechukwu, weekend, declared that peer pressure is one of the factors
The lawmaker spoke in his Ugbo Community, Awgu local government area of Enugu State as top political and traditional leaders in Enugu State, led by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, gathered to celebrate Iwa Akwa, known as Aju festival, in the community.
“In the past, when you do your age grade, it is expected you leave your community, go and fend for yourself, go and find work to do; it is expected that you begin to be very responsible, because then, you are expected to contribute to the community. Also speaking, Senator Ekweremdu stated that the age-long tradition had seen thousands of Ugbo men being initiated into adulthood.
“For eighteen years, every three years, I have celebrated the Aju festival with Ugbo people and I participate in every ceremony the Ugbo people are doing. “Despite the modernization in Ugbo today, I am so happy that in Ugbo we still remember the culture and tradition and I pray that our culture and tradition will never die.”
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